Chem Soc Rev
The journal for high impact reviews from across the chemical sciences.
Editor-in-Chief: Duncan Graham
Open Access: Hybrid
Chem Soc Rev (Chemical Society Reviews) is the Royal Society of Chemistry's leading reviews journal. We publish high-impact, authoritative and reader-friendly review articles covering important topics at the forefront of the chemical sciences.
ISSN: 1460-4744
Indexed in: MEDLINE, Science Citation Index (SCI)
Journal Impact factor
39.0 (2024)
First decision time (all)
11 days
First decision time (peer reviewed)
26 days
Scope
Chem Soc Rev publishes review articles covering important topics at the forefront of the chemical sciences. Reviews should be of the very highest quality and international impact. We particularly encourage international and multidisciplinary collaborations among our authors.
Our scope covers the breadth of the chemical sciences, including interdisciplinary topics where the article has a basis in chemistry.
- Analytical chemistry
- Biomaterials chemistry
- Bioorganic/medicinal chemistry
- Catalysis
- Chemical Biology
- Coordination Chemistry
- Crystal Engineering
- Energy
- Sustainable chemistry
- Green chemistry
- Inorganic chemistry
- Inorganic materials
- Main group chemistry
- Nanoscience Organic chemistry
- Organic materials
- Organometallics
- Physical chemistry
- Supramolecular chemistry
- Synthetic methodology
- Theoretical and computational chemistry
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Readership
Chem Soc Rev has a truly international readership, from emerging investigators to eminent scientists working in across all areas of the chemical sciences.
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David Amabilino
Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona
Ruchi Anand
IIT Bombay
Ivan Aprahamian
Dartmouth College
Parisa A. Ariya
McGill University
Tom Baker
University of Ottawa
Rahul Banerjee
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata
Gonçalo Bernardes
University of Cambridge
Barry Blight,
University of New Brunswick
Anne-Marie Caminade
University of Toulouse
Araceli Campaña
University of Granada
Rui Cao
Shaanxi Normal University
Hong Chen
Soochow University
Abhishek Dey
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS
Huw Davies
Emory University
Wim Dehaen
Catholic University of Leuven
Antonio Echavarren
Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia
Pui Lai Rachel Ee
National University of Singapore
Elena Fernández
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Miriam Freedman
Pennsylvania State University
Philip A Gale
University of Sydney
Debashree Ghosh
IACS
Stefan Grimme
Universität Bonn
Frances Houle,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Ashlee Howarth
Concordia University
Masako Kato
Kwansei Gakuin University
Jong Seung Kim
Korea University
Rafal Klajn,
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA
Chung-Wei Kung
National Cheng Kung University
Daniele Leonori
RWTH Aachen University
Jinghong Li
Tsinghua University
Yan Li
Peking University
Yunling Liu
Jilin University
Zhuang Liu,
Soochow University
Norberto Peporine Lopes
CEMMO
Bettina Lotsch
Max Planck Institute
Cara Lubner
NREL
Rafael Luque,
King Saud University
Uday Maitra
Indian Institute of Science
Nazario Martín
Complutense University of Madrid
Feliu Maseras
Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia
Fiona Meldrum
University of Leeds
Amanda Morris
Virginia Tech
Simona Mura
Institut Galien Paris-Saclay
Brenno Neto
Universidade de Brasilia
Martin Oestreich
Technische Universität Berlin
Elisa Orth
Federal University of Paraná
Mario Pagliaro
National Research Council (NRC
Atul Parikh
University of California Davis
Kanyi Pu
Nanyang Technological University
Gregory Robinson
University of Georgia
Peter Roesky
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Vincent Rotello
University of Massachusetts
Joanna Sadler
University of Edinburgh
Paolo Samori
Université de Strasbourg
D.D. Sarma,
Indian Institute of Science
Clément Sanchez
Pierre and Marie Curie University
Jennifer Schaefer
Notre Dame
Injae Shin
Yonsei University
David Spring
University of Cambridge
Jin Suntivich,
Cornell University
Kana Sureshan
IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Qunwei Tang
Shandong University of Science and Technology
Andrea Trabocchi
University of Florence
James Tucker
University of Birmingham
Peng Wang
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
Helma Wennemers
ETH Zürich
Stephen Withers
University of British Columbia
Yujie Xiong
University of Science and Technology of China
Makoto Yamashita
Nagoya University
Juyoung Yoon
Ewha Womans University
Shuli You
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
Guihua Yu
University of Texas at Austin
Claudio Zannoni
University of Bologna
Haoli Zhang
Lanzhou University
Qiang Zhang
Tsinghua University
Yong Zhang
City University of Hong Kong
Yiping Zhao
University of Georgia
Jiang Zhou
Central South University
Hongli Zhu
Northeastern University
Richard Kelly
Executive Editor
Celeste Brady
Deputy Editor
Danny Andrews
Development Editor
Ershad Abubacker
Development Editor
Jade Holliday
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Helen Saxton
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Jason Woolford
Associate Editorial Manager
Kirstine Anderson
Publishing Editor
Matthew Bown
Publishing Editor
Chunxiang Chen Dall'Agnese
Publishing Editor
Laura Cooper
Publishing Editor
Hannah Fielding
Publishing Editor
Claire Harding
Publishing Editor
Alan Holder
Publishing Editor
Sara McKnight
Publishing Editor
Rosie Rothwell
Publishing Editor
Donna Smith
Publishing Editor
Laura Smith
Publishing Editor
Becky Webb
Publishing Editor
Natalie Ford
Publishing Assistant
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